# Stroke at Masterack, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017099043` · 9/21/2017 · SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Masterack, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Waters Drive, SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA, 30025
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a hole into a fixture with a lathe on 9/21/2017. The employee leaned into the machine to line up the drill bit and the employee's shirt was caught in the worm-screw resulting in a left arm fracture and a stroke. The worm-screw was not guarded at the time.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*